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   by vijayr02 7y ago

   Maybe referring to this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax > The window tax was a property tax based on the number of windows in a house. I don't know if this tax was levied in the Netherlands, but I&#
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   by vijayr02 7y ago

   What I found interesting: > The rogue supplier also offers high-speed audio services for news conferences hosted by the European Central Bank, the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada, the newspaper said. I read (in the Times I th
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   Rogue Bank of England supplier gave clients head start on briefings(uk.reuters.com)

   2 points by vijayr02 7y ago|1 comments
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   The Cynic’s Guide to Reading Business Books(marker.medium.com)

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   by vijayr02 7y ago

   Reminded me of https://magazine.atavist.com/promethea-unbound-child-genius-... I think future generations will see our inability to provide opportunity to genius to rise up as a criminal waste of potential. I sometimes idly
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   Sulla's Website(sullla.com)

   1 points by vijayr02 7y ago|0 comments
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   by vijayr02 7y ago

   Going down the wikipedia rabbit hole, the Aeroflot page refers to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261 A few days ago I'd asked how the NTSB gets good co-operation from the airlines in these ca
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   by vijayr02 7y ago

   Sincerely, I can't
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   by vijayr02 7y ago

   Thank you both for the answers!
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Thanks, yes, I've heard that NTSB crash reports are mind blowing in their attention to detail. A follow on question: how do they ensure people honestly answer questions, is the person not inviting personal liability by answering?
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    This is really interesting to me, how are the crash investigators able to pinpoint the exact cause of failure in such circumstances? I'd imagine a small piece of wire would be just another miniscule piece of debris at a crash site, and
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Also mentioned in a recent HN story: A Cybersecurity Firm’s Sharp Rise and Stunning Collapse - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21376203 Warning: long read!
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    History buff input here: Arguably the downfall started with Sulla [0]: > Sulla's military coup—ironically enabled by Marius' military reforms that bound the army's loyalty with the general rather than to the Republic—perma
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    Mapped – the dragons that surround London(ianvisits.co.uk)

    1 points by vijayr02 7y ago|0 comments
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Asimov's story takes this to its (extreme) logical conclusion: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise_(short_story)
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    My issue with the steam link has been the steam controller (I know it's not the only option, but I got the bundle). I just can't get the hang of it. What have other people experienced on this? Does it get better with practice?
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Surely their legal argument would be: we intended at that time to cut prices. Events in the market since then have forced us (unwillingly and with great regret; tears in our eyes even) to revisit this decision and raise prices?
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Thanks, I'm taking a look now!
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Thanks, I saw your reply to my question below as well. I wonder: what can we (as a community) do to change this? Can we: - make applications to the information commissioner about the most egregious breaches - create enough nuisance value th
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Genuine question: what specific changes to the user content parts would you want to see? Thanks
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Sorry - clearly wasn't thinking straight - their alternative approach has this same issue (and having now read the article! - They do plan around this)
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    I assume it's per stream identifiable information added by the stream provider, making the identity of the ripper traceable
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Well you could argue they would do better with more resources. Anyway: the Guardian is just one paper. Support independent journalism, whether it's the NYT / WSJ / WaPo / FT / your favourite non-clickbait news platf
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Forgot the footnote :) [0] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/aug/24/grauni...
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    And that's fine; cold impersonal anger can be a very powerful motivator if channeled properly. My question is what are WE going to do about it? For me: 1/ support the Grauniad [0]: the gulf between the quality of their journalism
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Why would the US do this? They are the incumbents and there's no advantage (and possibly only disadvantage) to owning this territory. My personal view is that the current geographical extent of the United States is static; there is no
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    You're welcome heymijo :)
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Covered on HN as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20254416
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    The first few tree planting drives in Tamil Nadu (a southern state of India; it's capital Chennai recently ran out of water) got significant public backlash [0] for this reason: they planted nothing but Acacia trees (due to their short
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    by vijayr02 7y ago

    Reportedly one of Asimov's favourite stories related to this: The Ugly Little Boy ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugly_Little_Boy )